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SpaceX rocket sails into California port after interplanetary launch

Teslarati

NASA’s DART mission booster inbound and Port of Long Beach. Towed behind tug Scorpius, Falcon 9 B1063 sailed into Port of Long Beach (adjacent to Port of Los Angeles) on drone ship OCISLY a brisk two and a half days after touchdown. Golden hour booster lift was mighty lovely last night. Falcon 9 1063.3 Falcon 9 1063.3

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SCAQMD funding Siemens test of eHighway overhead catenary system for electric trucks in California

Green Car Congress

km) stretch of highway after installing a catenary system for electric and hybrid trucks in the vicinity of the largest US ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. As part of the installation of the eHighway systems, two lanes of Alameda Street in the city of Carson, California, are being electrified via a catenary system.

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Even Tugboats Are Going Electric

Revenge of the Electric Car

Remember the Balqon container truck I wrote about a while back, the Port of Long Beach truck that can haul 60,000 lbs and that’s starting to replace diesel spewing internal combustion trucks? The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach together constitute the largest port facility in the U.S. It’s the new Foss hybrid!